Westwoods: AdBlue in the Diesel Tank? Find Your Situation
What to do about AdBlue in a diesel tank depends on one thing more than any other: if the engine has run since it was put in. If it hasn't, keep it that way, whether the vehicle is around Westwoods itself or out in Bransby. Leave the engine and the ignition off then ring 0333 366 0103; it's generally a drain and a thorough flush, done where the car is in Westwoods. Already started? Stop when you safely can, then switch it off. Step one remains the same, even though the work is bigger.
Find the situation below that matches yours, wherever across Lincolnshire it happened.
Westwoods forecourt: AdBlue in a diesel at the pump
You are at the pump, the nozzle or the bottle still in your hand, and you have just noticed the cap you opened was the wrong one. It could be the the nearest petrol station, or perhaps the another forecourt nearby, or a different station around Westwoods.
Put simply: there is no better spot to be to spot it. No pump has drawn it through, and so the AdBlue stays only in your tank.
Next: avoid the urge to start it only to move away from the pump. Ask the staff to help you roll the vehicle into a parking space, keep the till receipt or the bottle, then phone us from the forecourt. If it cannot be shifted, it can be cleared at the pump: the equipment is explosion-proof and fine on a busy forecourt.
AdBlue in the diesel tank at home in Westwoods
The warning light had been on for days. Picked up a container, tipped it in outside the house, recycled the empty — and at that point checked the cap again, after the fact. Drives near West Syke Lane get it as much as any other street.
The point: no miles since makes this nearly equal to finding it at the petrol pump. AdBlue does not mix with diesel; it sinks to the bottom of your tank and waits there. Overnight doesn't change that.
Keep the keys indoors overnight — or someone might drive it off at breakfast — and phone us. Sturton by Stow or Westwoods: wherever your driveway is, that is where it is drained. Night-time drains outside a house are fine: the pumps are quiet.
Westwoods: set off with AdBlue in a diesel?
You filled up, set off, and a mile or two later the engine began to run roughly, smoke, lose power or light up the dashboard. Gorwick Lane, say, or the way to Lincoln — a trip of under 10 miles.
In short: the AdBlue has been sucked into your fuel system. Mileage sets how far it gets: filter and lines first, then the injection pump and each injector. It goes deeper with every extra mile driven and each restart.
What to do: pull over where it is safe then switch off. Leave by the next junction — not the services further along — if you are on the M180, under 25 miles from Westwoods. It will not have cleared, and so there is no sense restarting to check. Ring us and say how far you drove.
AdBlue in the wrong tank: hire, lease and company cars
You've had this vehicle barely a week. Unknown to you, the two inlets sit next to each other here — unlike your own car, which has no AdBlue or stores it in another spot. Across Lincolnshire, no one is safe from it.
Meaning? Whatever applies above applies too — run or not — plus one extra stage. Many hire and company agreements need the owner's approval for repairs.
Settling it before we turn up is faster, and so phone the rental company or your fleet manager, then us. Stranded by Sturton by Stow Village Sign or outside Saxilby till someone answers, the car stays switched off throughout.
Westwoods: unsure if it was AdBlue in your diesel tank?
Sometimes the honest answer is "I think so". Lighter, that bottle; a trace of ammonia near the filler; a hazy recollection of the cap. Sound familiar? Maybe on a friend's drive in Brampton, or in a rush by Sturton by Stow Primary School on the school run.
In short: spillage round the filler leaves the motor unharmed. In the diesel tank, however, AdBlue damages it. Turning on the car won't tell you which, and if there is AdBlue in the tank it will suck it in.
Next: act as though it went in, and leave the engine off. Describe what you saw on your phone. A clear tank checked is a happier outcome than an already-run one drained.
Every AdBlue drain around Westwoods shares these stages
Whichever situation you are in, this job starts the same way. Forecourt, driveway, the pub in the village's car park or a street beside Sturton-by-Stow Village Hall — our van comes to your vehicle, and three answers come next: what liquid, what amount, and whether it has run. Those replies settle the work, and you get our quote by phone, before anybody sets off.
Then your tank is cleared and the fuel system flushed thoroughly, which counts more with AdBlue than with petrol: AdBlue crystallises and is corrosive to some of the metals in a fuel system, so it doesn't rinse out on its own. Clean diesel is put in after the fuel filter has been flushed or replaced, and your car is then tested. If the motor hasn't run, the majority of jobs take about half an hour once we're there.
The last step is firing it up. Our technicians check it runs smoothly on clean diesel before we go. The entire job is done where the car is, and if it's caught soon, lasting damage is very rare. For your insurer: an engineer's report and the VAT invoice. For you: payment on the day, no money in advance. Many insurance policies include misfuelling cover, so it is worth checking yours whilst we're on the way.
About Westwoods and where it is
Westwoods is a small locality in Lincolnshire, situated inland at a low elevation of around 20 metres. Westwoods lies near the cities of Lincoln and the surrounding villages of Sturton by Stow, Stow, and Ingleby. Westwoods has a population of approximately 542 people and predominantly consists of detached housing.
AdBlue drains around Westwoods, and across Lincolnshire too
Being a small village, Westwoods shares its vans with the nearby towns — Ingleby, Stow — right through LN postcodes. A postcode starting LN1 2 is the quickest way to tell us where you are.
Whether your car is on a lay-by on the way to High Wood or in a car park in the middle of Westwoods, it doesn't need to move. Wherever it stands, that's where it is drained. Assuming won't help near St Mary (Stow Minster), close to a county line or anywhere awkward to pin down; ring and check.
Your situation, summed up
Not run yet: keep it off then call. Whatever case applies, Petrol in Diesel handles from there on 0333 366 0103, throughout Lincolnshire and within Westwoods — after you pull over, turn off then phone, if it has run.